Online Dating

What a beautiful day ahead to all of the people who are loveless over there. Today is a better day to browse on in the internet because they have a fantastic site wherein, you can meet someone special. Specially so when want to have an intimate relationship. Well, for you to know dating has become popular via online. As "Free Dating USA" is the best and conducive site to make a deal on your date. People from UK, Canada, USA, and to the other country's are waiting for you. Money is not a problem when be a member in this online dating. It is because searching your loved ones in here are absolutely 100% free. Want to experience to have a date via online? Then your welcome, this will be the easiest, safest, and Free Dating that you will encounter for. It would be better to bring your sister or brothers, or friends in the internet shop for them to try also this online dating. You'll never know, this well be the perfect moments for you to experience. As one of them will get more close to those personality in this site right? That will lead to a romantic date.

Sexy Birthday Gifts For Her

A birthday is a perfect opportunity to share your love and affection. Show her how much you love her, and remind her how sexy she is with one of the sexy birthday gifts her heart will flutter over.

Jewelry

Every woman knows jewelry helps you feel and look sexy. Whether it's a diamond-encrusted heart pendant, a gold anklet or charm bracelet with special-meaning charms, your woman will thank you again and again for the thoughtfulness behind a gift of jewelry. To some jewelry might seem frivolous, but to a woman in love, a piece of jewelry from her man is indicative of a true piece of his heart.

Gift Baskets

Other sexy birthday gifts her heart will thump over are gift baskets filled with her favorite things. Is she a big fan of chocolate? Order (or create your own) various chocolates based on her tastes. Perhaps she adores hazelnut chocolate, dark or even white chocolate, take the time to notice and the generous thought will come back to you threefold in the future. Adding items to the chocolate gift basket such as teddy bears, jewelry, lingerie or self-made "coupons" ensure her birthday will be one of the sexiest ever.

Perfume

Perhaps it has been overdone in the past, but perfume truly can be a unique and wonderful gift for the woman in your life. If you take notice of what she likes, the thought will be especially appreciated. Does she pick up the bottle of CK every time you enter the mall? Surprise her with it for her birthday. Perhaps she adores woodsy, earthy scents, ask the salesperson for a new scent based on what you know. Or perhaps try something different. You might find something you love and would love to smell on her, oftentimes spontaneous gifts such as these are perfect.

Lingerie

Lingerie is among the sexy birthday gifts her heart will adore, and so will yours. Sure, you can go to the big name places like Victoria's or Fredericks, but did you know you can also find lingerie at regular department stores, and many times they will be much less expensive - which allows you to purchase more! Keep in mind her body type and how she feels about her body. If she isn't comfortable showing lots of skin, be thoughtful and present her with a lacy or silky robe. It is also best, if possible, to obtain her measurements so you can be sure to purchase the right size. Take your cues from what is in her closet already, what she prefers to wear, and what she might have noticed in the past.

A Day at the Spa

Another of the sexy birthday gifts her heart will adore you for is a day at the spa. There isn't a woman alive who doesn't enjoy a day of pampering. Provide her with enough for a massage, perhaps a manicure and/or pedicure, and your woman will sure to reciprocate the kindness. In today's stressful world, there isn't a better gift around to show her how much you love and appreciate her.

Crude Oil Weekly Outlook

Crude oil prices continued to decline last week reaching a low at 6857 as demand hit a nine year low for the week ended Oct. 10. As demand has been in a steady downtrend, the price of a barrel of oil has been cut in more than half since peaking at 147.27 in July 2008. Crude oil closed the week out at 7185 on Friday's session of mild profit taking.

The overall technical trend remains down. However, we are likely to begin to see a pause in downward momentum with sideways to upward price action early this week as we've now hit our key monthly support range at 7100-6800. Additionally, in an effort to curb downward momentum, OPEC has moved their meeting up again to Oct. 24 and is expected to cut output by as much as 1 million bpd.

We'll be looking for upward moves this week to head into the 7500-7700 Resistance range, with the 7700 area being last week's key breakdown. Trade crossing above 7700 will be targeting the 8000 mark with OPEC goal to reclaim 8000 as their new benchmark price. If a settlement above 8000 is achieved for the week, we'll be looking at an expected trading range between 8000 and 9000 in the following weeks.

Trade that struggles this week at the 7500-7700 range is expected to leave downward pressure on oil, at least pre DOE reports and OPEC meeting, with dips retesting the 7100-6800 range. A turn below the lower end of the range at daily support 6850-6800 is expected to trigger a continuation of the major downtrend with the next objectives seen at 6300-6000 and potentially 5500 on any major DOE surprises.

Get Ready For the Global Financial Crisis

The failure of major US investment banks and insurance companies, and sharp declines in stock market indexes are affected the value of the world's major currencies. At present, major banks, central bankers, hedge funds, and home-based investors are in uncertain condition. Generally, when people feel unsure about market direction they will sell off their riskier assets and they buy safer investments.

When investor confidence collapse they will start buying US government debt. This is brings benefits to U.S dollar because they need dollars in order to buy US Treasury's. Investors are buying US Treasurys, which are viewed as safe investments because they are backed by the US Government. The riskiest investments have produced the biggest returns. This is the art of investing, the more risk you take, the larger your potential returns.

Generally a nation with a higher interest rate will attract more investment into its currency than a nation with a lower interest rate. The currency of the nation with the increased investment can rise in value as the demand for that currency increases.

The worst scenario is when paper money becomes virtually worthless, then consider gold or inflation adjusted Treasury securities. Neither investment will make you rich. But if either one will keep you from having a panic attack, then it's probably a good investment to save you from the hyperinflation period.

Be carefull with the European Central Bank interest rate decision. Be aware that often the comments made by ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet are generally more influential than the actual decision itself. And then on October 29 keep watching for next decision of the US Federal Reserve.

How Many Cells Are in a Battery?

Question from a reader: "How many cells are in the Toshiba Satellite M105-S3041 Laptop Battery? The battery is for a Toshiba Satellite M105-S3041 and its technical ratings are 10.8 volts 8800 mAh, Lithium Ion."

The question from the reader is a great question for it gets to the heart of battery manufacturing and begins to unravel the power of a battery. The answer is simply: 12 cells. But what does the answer mean and how does the number of cells relate to the overall value of a battery? Let's find out...

How Does A Battery Create Energy?

A battery is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Batteries create electrochemical energy by a chain of events that have to occur prior to the creation of electrical energy. Electricity is introduced into a battery via a charger. The charger acts as a conduit of the pushing electrons that are forcing their way into the chemical lithium. This charge process involves intercalation where electrons join with other molecules in the lithium's minuscule spaces between the the lithium's crystallized planes. Electrons are in essence ionizing lithium which loads the crystal planes to the point where they are forced into a current flow. Intercalation replenishes, in effect, lithium but the net result of ionization is the ultimate depletion of the lithium reactive property.

But what makes lithium good for batteries is that lithium is a highly reactive metal. Lithium has a very high electrochemical potential. In some lithium-based cells the electrochemical potential can be five times greater than an equivalent-sized lead-acid cell and three times greater than alkaline batteries. Lithium is also pliable and bendable allowing lithium to fit in tight configurations (perfect for in small cell designs in PDAs. Laptops, Cameras etc...).

What Type of Lithium Cell is Used in Laptops

Now this brings us to battery cells and our original question from the reader. Lithium based battery cells are good but there are a variety of lithium based battery cells. For example the lithium based cell identified as 18650 is one of the most common battery cell on the market for laptops. 18650 is manufactured by many manufacturers including many private branded companies to public companies like LG, Sony, Sanyo, Samsung, and Panasonic.

18650 is a 3.6V cylindrical Li-Ion cell. 18650 has no memory effect (distinguish between digital memory effect) and longer storage life than NiMH battery cells. 18650 is light weight and has a high energy density. It is in effect perfect for building batteries for laptop and other portable power devices.

The additional technical specifications for the 18650 battery cell include:

• Nominal Voltage Average 3.7 V - the concept of nominal voltage is that voltage range exists depending on the number of cells in the battery.
• Nominal Capacity - 2200 mAh (above 2200 the stability of lithium based cells is called into question)
• Max. Charging Current - 2.4 Amps Max.
• Max. Discharging Current - 4.6 Amps max.
• Dimensions (DxH) 18.3 mm (Max 18.4) x 64.9 mm (Max 65.1)
• Weight 46.5 g (1.64 oz)
• Internal Impedance Internal Impedance: less or equal to 90 ohms
• Cycle Performance is 80% of initial capacity at 300 cycles

Now as stated above the reader asked how many cells were in the Toshiba Satellite M105-S3041 Laptop Battery? The battery is rated at 10.8 volts and a capacity of 8800 mAh.

As I mentioned above the nominal voltage average is 3.7V. Some manufacturers may use 3.6V and some may use 3.7V. In the case of a laptop battery with 10.8V the nominal voltage rating used is 3.6V. Thus if we divide 10.8V by 3.6V we get 3. Thus 3 cells in a series. We also know that the batteries capacity is 8800 mAh. We know the nominal capacity is 2200 mAh. Therefore if we divide 8800 mAh by 2200 mAh then we get 4 in parallel.

Therefore we have: 3 cells in series multiplied by 4 cells in parallel equals 12 cells in total.